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Town approves $1.9M for 9 Goldfinch employee housing; larger Wait Drive municipal housing borrowing fails
Summary
Town Meeting approved appropriating up to $1.9 million to acquire a move-in-ready house at 9 Goldfinch Drive for municipal employee housing, while a separate $14 million borrowing authorization for multi‑lot municipal employee housing on Wait Drive failed to reach the required two‑thirds vote.
Town Meeting approved Article 10 as printed, which included authorization of up to $1,900,000 for acquisition of a house at 9 Goldfinch Drive for municipal employee housing; an amendment to delete that acquisition failed. Separately, Article 11 — an authorization to borrow $14 million to design, permit and begin construction of new municipal employee housing at three lots on Wait Drive — did not receive the two‑thirds vote required for passage.
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